Finding and Fixing Inefficient Mainframe Integrations
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The document discusses identifying and fixing inefficient mainframe integrations. It describes how HostBridge has 20 years of experience helping customers with CICS integration issues. Inefficient integrations can be identified by long wait times for mainframe data, inability to scale transactions despite capacity upgrades, and service denials during peaks. The top causes of poor performance are screen scraping interfaces, implementation-based APIs, and external orchestration of mainframe requests. HostBridge's HTAC tool can help identify which integrations overconsume resources so they can be evaluated and the most effective mitigation path chosen, such as application modernization, process changes, architecture optimization, or z/OS tuning.
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- 1. June 2022 Finding and Fixing Inefficient Mainframe Integrations
- 2. Copyright © 2021 HostBridge Technology www.hostbridge.com Today’s Presenter: Russ Teubner Russ Teubner CEO and Co-founder russ@hostbridge.com 405-533-2950 www.hostbridge.com
- 3. Copyright © 2021 HostBridge Technology www.hostbridge.com HostBridge: 20 Years of CICS Integration Expertise Online Banking Policy and Annuity Management ERP – Supply Chain Teller / POS Claim Processing Payroll and administration Credit Approvals Process Automation Vendor integration Banking Insurance Manufacturing/Logistics
- 4. Copyright © 2021 HostBridge Technology www.hostbridge.com How do you know if poor integration may be in the way Ø Long user wait for data from the mainframe app Ø Inability to scale transaction volume despite mainframe capacity/upgrades Ø End-User Service Denials during peak periods
- 5. Mainframe Transaction Volume Copyright © 2021 HostBridge Technology www.hostbridge.com Low Medium High Identifying the Problem Tell tale sign of inefficient integration Business Volumes Ideal mainframe utilization Linear business growth; asymmetric CICS transaction volume growth What’s causing the surge? Scaling the business using inefficient mainframe integrations.
- 6. Resolving Inefficient Integration Copyright © 2021 HostBridge Technology www.hostbridge.com Identify Focus on small number of integrations that overconsume mainframe resources Evaluate Conduct a detailed analysis of how these integrations consume mainframe resources and determine inefficiencies. Mitigate Decide on the most effective path to resolving the source of inefficiency, integration by integration.
- 7. Enrich Transport Analyze HTAC Dashboards Insights and Recommendations Integration Analytics Framework Copyright © 2021 HostBridge Technology www.hostbridge.com Customers RPA Bot Partners Internal Users Web Servers HATS CTG App Servers HTAC CICS Exits Gather Metadata Enrich SMF 110’s
- 8. HostBridge HTAC Connect the dots – Identify and Evaluate Copyright © 2021 HostBridge Technology www.hostbridge.com
- 10. Top 3 Causes for Poor Integration Performance Copyright © 2021 HostBridge Technology www.hostbridge.com 1 Screen scraping / terminal emulation based interfaces 2 Implementation based API integration 3 External orchestration of mainframe requests
- 11. Typical situations What we are able to identify and evaluate Copyright © 2021 HostBridge Technology www.hostbridge.com HATS or HATS-like solutions typically run many transactions unrelated to the business/processing requirement. Screen Scraping Gateways Screen Scraping Clients/Macros External Orchestration Screen-scraping macros and scripts can create a DOS-like attack on mainframe apps and overconsume capacity for superficial application steps. Orchestrating “fine-grained” apps/data from OUTSIDE the mainframe drives UP mainframe resource utilization. Technology-Based APIs APIs that expose implementation details create dependencies that inhibit modernization objectives - and increases mainframe request volumes.
- 12. Remediation Options from HostBridge HTAC Analysis Copyright © 2021 HostBridge Technology www.hostbridge.com Application Modernization Refactor apps around actual use cases to improve performance Business Process Modify workflow and enhance end user training Integration Architecture Optimize using business level APIs and microservices with existing apps z/OS CICS Tuning Fine tune for performance and security
- 13. Resolving Inefficient Integration Copyright © 2021 HostBridge Technology www.hostbridge.com Identify Focus on small number of integrations that overconsume mainframe resources Evaluate Conduct a detailed analysis of how these integrations consume mainframe resources and determine inefficiencies. Mitigate Decide on the most effective path to resolving the source of inefficiency, integration by integration.
- 14. Join us at our next Webinar 3 Key Strategies to Resolve CICS Integration Performance Challenges September 14th, 2022 at 1pm EST Q&A